Fantastic collection Martin , wonderful herd Andreas and lovely animals Krista Thank You all for showing very nice photos I think Bullyland moose is a great one, and I love the walk around photos Thank You Kiki! This figure is surely on my wish list

I also have some moose and reindeer, not many and not new for this topic though. However I think they are very cute and it's nothing wrong to show the same models again here :)

So, older schleich and CollectA moose bulls :) [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

You are so right, - it is great to see everyone`s pictures even if some models are the same. Like here, - your photoes show them in another way, and other comparisons Your photoes are beautyful, thankyou for sharing

I thought this SUY was dedicated to all [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] but it is dedicated to 2 beautiful species, the moose and reindeer.First my only 2 reindeers, both from modern brands, the Bullyland caribou and Safari. Reindeers are not only known as caribous in USA but sometimes also it is used as a way to identify the group of North American subspecies from European.The 2 representative of my collection are clearly different. While Bullyland represents the typical caribou with traditional colouring and and huge flatened antlers. Safari shows a little almost white figure with deer like smaller antlers.I think it is also an American subspecies, more precisely the whitish Northern known as Peari caribou, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]The dark back and head are characteristics of this population, they are relatively small and with less complex antlers. The only difference I see with the figure is that it has the legs much darker that those I can find searching in the Internet. If someone has a better idea I'd loved to see! I don't have an European (usually domesticated) reindeer, Kristie is showing in this topic the Bullyland one that represents a reindeer that will be never called a caribou. This topic is also nice to help me finding a 54mm reindeer for my collection.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Bullyland and Safari caribous

Later I'll show my 2 mooses and congrats to all of your beautiful figures!

Thankyou, Roger , for the good explanation of the different reindeer The first time I saw a live reindeer I was very surprised how small, they are.We maynly see pictures of the almost-tame ones from Finland , and they looked much larger, - perhaps the Sames arent tall people ?

I thought this SUY was dedicated to all [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] but it is dedicated to 2 beautiful species, the moose and reindeer.

You are right, first I suggested just "deer". But as you said, that is much too wide a subject So I canged it to Capreolinae, - but as the roe deer ( And White-tailed deer) are also in that group I found it a little strange way to divide them.

We have here in Denmark 3 kinds of deer : Red deer (we call them Crown-deer), fallow deer and roe deer, so to me they belong together

The moose and the reindeer belong together in my amateur mind

But you are right, it is good to learn that the deer are divided in two groups, even if it is the structure of the ankle and not the looks that determine them

These are obviously favourites with a lot of us, it's nice to see so many beautiful models!

Here are some old ones. During their long lives, some of these old composition animals have lost their metal antlers and replacements have been made by loving owners (and loving owners' parents).

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Two different Elastolin composition Moose bodies. The one on the right lost its antlers and someone has filled in the antler-socket to make a "female".

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The old Elastolin Moose on the left has replacement antlers cut from a tin can; the sharp edges have been carefully rounded off with putty. The Moose on the right was made by Lineol in the 1950's. It is wearing replacement antlers from a Britains plastic Moose (!)

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]1:32 scale. Two metal Moose by Charbens in different colours, and a plastic Moose by Britains.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Papo bull Moose with the Schleich Moose family.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Elastolin composition Reindeer. The Reindeer on the right was a childhood toy of Lesley's father back in the 1920's. It has been repaired and repainted many times.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Tipple-Topple composition Reindeer: 1930's on the left, 1950's on the right.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]On the left, 1930's Tipple-Topple Reindeer; on the right, a Lineol composition Reindeer from the 1950's.

Very interesting old antlered friends! I love to see your pictures of them and mainly to read their stories and peculiarities like the Britains antlers in a Lineol figure. That's funny once they are in different scales! Thanks for showing Sue and Lesley!

Glad you like the snowy scene! The background's a cheap, unframed print form the local art shop and the animals are standing on a fluffy white towel (with its surface smoothed over a bit in Paint Shop Pro).

Sue & Lesleycastlerigg

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I love to see your pictures of them and mainly to read their stories and peculiarities like the Britains antlers in a Lineol figure. That's funny once they are in different scales!

Yes, this is so interesting! All these stories And the one with handmade antlers is so fantastic too, someone had to put so much work to restore this moose and the effect looks great And the reindeer which was repainted many times, these figures are special

Christophe, 2 beautiful pictures of the militants of François and Nicolas! Yes, first picture are the militants of François Éland while in the second picture I can see the militants of Saint Nicolas and his reindeers!

Christophe, 2 beautiful pictures of the militants of François and Nicolas! Yes, first picture are the militants of François Éland while in the second picture I can see the militants of Saint Nicolas and his reindeers!

Thank You Christophe, I'm glad You like my photos so much Beautiful collection of moose and reindeer and very beautiful group photos too, I love them Lineol moose is incredibly fantastic And how lovely small family of moose standing between the grey one and yellowish/beige one, are they Elastolin? Scott: the reindeer on far right is Nayab. And I think it is very nice one indeed, just added to my wish list :)

If Christophe was adding his two cents, then I'm adding my single wooden penny. Nothing here is new, but in the spirit of sharing, here is my very limited moose and reindeer collection.

The Moose (The Papo on the left, and the rest are Schleich)[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I can't help noting that the moose family is one of my very favorite from Schleich's Mom-Dad-Baby groups. I was thrilled when they released the Moose cow and calf.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

The Reindeer (Safari, Schleich, and Bullyland)[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I obtained this wonderful Bullyland figure from Harriet in my first trade ever. I am so grateful to her for making the experience so amazingly friendly and pleasant, and of course for sending me such fantastic model.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

And I have to throw in another picture of the Safari Reindeer because it is also quite wonderful (as others have already noted). (I like the Schleich okay, but there are so many other Reindeer I've seen on this thread that I like so much more -- the Nayab and Elastolin for example! Wow...) The Safari:[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I'm glad you like the Bullyland Caribou Scott - I really enjoyed our trade too.I love the Schleich moose family, especially the cow, she's so lovely Here are mineCaribou[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Left to right: Nayab, Bullyland, Lineol, BullylandMoose[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Schleich on left and Collecta far right

The Lineol moose is very interesting and in a typical Lineol pose. Much more interesting than the modern toys standing with the head turning towards the camera! :) Also interesting that they, being an European brand, made what looks clearly an American moose. :)I think the European subspecies are more spectacular. Very delicate indeed, maybe too delicate for a moose, hind quarters are not powerful enough but a superb figure. What can we do to Lineol return to the market? Or a brand buy their licenses and remake them?